Spill, baby spill....42,000 gallons a day

[SpidermanTuba]

But one intense kick of natural gas caused the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig to be shut down because of the fear of an explosion just weeks before a similar release succeeded in destroying and sinking the platform and sent millions of gallons of oil on a collision course with Louisiana and the rest of the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Shortly before the accident, engineers argued about whether to remove heavy drilling mud that acted as a last defense against such catastrophic kicks, and the decision to replace the mud with much lighter seawater won out.

Gas surge shut well a couple of weeks before Gulf oil spill | NOLA.com

 

[gslack]

But one intense kick of natural gas caused the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig to be shut down because of the fear of an explosion just weeks before a similar release succeeded in destroying and sinking the platform and sent millions of gallons of oil on a collision course with Louisiana and the rest of the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Shortly before the accident, engineers argued about whether to remove heavy drilling mud that acted as a last defense against such catastrophic kicks, and the decision to replace the mud with much lighter seawater won out.

Gas surge shut well a couple of weeks before Gulf oil spill | NOLA.com

REALLY? man thats so amazing now what does that have to do with this accident? Nothing, it does not say anything other than there was a gas problem a few weeks before the explosion. It's like saying a earthquake a few weeks before the big one that leveled a city, was a warning and they should have abandoned the city because of it... Thats nonsense just like this assumption. One does not equal the other and it does not establish anything regarding any lapse in safety or procedures..

 

[SpidermanTuba]

But one intense kick of natural gas caused the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig to be shut down because of the fear of an explosion just weeks before a similar release succeeded in destroying and sinking the platform and sent millions of gallons of oil on a collision course with Louisiana and the rest of the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Shortly before the accident, engineers argued about whether to remove heavy drilling mud that acted as a last defense against such catastrophic kicks, and the decision to replace the mud with much lighter seawater won out.

Gas surge shut well a couple of weeks before Gulf oil spill | NOLA.com

REALLY? man thats so amazing now what does that have to do with this accident? Nothing, it does not say anything other than there was a gas problem a few weeks before the explosion. It's like saying a earthquake a few weeks before the big one that leveled a city, was a warning and they should have abandoned the city because of it... Thats nonsense just like this assumption. One does not equal the other and it does not establish anything regarding any lapse in safety or procedures..

Yeah tell that to the people who died in the Mt St. Helens eruption you ignorant shit for brains.

 

[gslack]

Gas surge shut well a couple of weeks before Gulf oil spill | NOLA.com

REALLY? man thats so amazing now what does that have to do with this accident? Nothing, it does not say anything other than there was a gas problem a few weeks before the explosion. It's like saying a earthquake a few weeks before the big one that leveled a city, was a warning and they should have abandoned the city because of it... Thats nonsense just like this assumption. One does not equal the other and it does not establish anything regarding any lapse in safety or procedures..

Yeah tell that to the people who died in the Mt St. Helens eruption you ignorant shit for brains.

WTF? are you high again weasel?

What in the hell does that have to do with anything we were talking about? Was there a warning eruption or something? Grow up and get a grip dipshit your emotional crying and blind finger pointing is getting old now...

Stop playing victim asshole.... Its fake just like your claimed PHD candidacy.

 

[SpidermanTuba]

REALLY? man thats so amazing now what does that have to do with this accident? Nothing, it does not say anything other than there was a gas problem a few weeks before the explosion. It's like saying a earthquake a few weeks before the big one that leveled a city, was a warning and they should have abandoned the city because of it... Thats nonsense just like this assumption. One does not equal the other and it does not establish anything regarding any lapse in safety or procedures..

Yeah tell that to the people who died in the Mt St. Helens eruption you ignorant shit for brains.

WTF? are you high again weasel?

What in the hell does that have to do with anything we were talking about?

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT UP EARTHQUAKES MORON.

Was there a warning eruption or something?

You can't really be this stupid.

 

[gslack]

Yeah tell that to the people who died in the Mt St. Helens eruption you ignorant shit for brains.

WTF? are you high again weasel?

What in the hell does that have to do with anything we were talking about?

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT UP EARTHQUAKES MORON.

Was there a warning eruption or something?

You can't really be this stupid.

douchebag it was not a specific real earth quake... its called an example or hypothetical situation to show a point...... How old are you man?

Aren't going to answer the question are you? Was there a warning eruption? ... no answer just more emotional crap from you as usual...

You made the point of St helens eruption to show what exactly? WHat difference does it make to even show anything about your previous claim? not one thing......

I asked you if there was a warning eruption or something.. The reason I asked this was to show the point behind your article you linked to..

your article tried to give an impression a previous gas pocket weeks before the accident in the gulf, was a warning or something that should have been a clue for them to stop drilling or there was safety issues...

I explained the fact it does not show any such thing. A gas pocket weeks before means nothing to this accident. THere was no fire, no explosion, and the safety protocols were adequate. THerefore it was a non-issue. I tried to simplify it using a hypothetical scenario about an earthquake in general....

you then tried to say I should tell that to the people who died in the st.helens eruption..... WTF? tell them what?

Dude I and several others here I am sure are completely tired of your ignorant bullshit now.... You do not follow threads, you do not understand what you are arguing against, and you make ignorant argumentative statements that show how utterly idiotic and immature you are.... And if it were not enough, you try to claim you are a PHD candidate in astrophysics....

Now do yourself a favor and to act like an adult here.....

 

[SpidermanTuba]

Oil spill hearings on CNN pipeline now, live from the thriving metropolis of Kenner, LA.

 

[SpidermanTuba]

WTF? are you high again weasel?

What in the hell does that have to do with anything we were talking about?

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT UP EARTHQUAKES MORON.

Was there a warning eruption or something?

You can't really be this stupid.

douchebag it was not a specific real earth quake... its called an example or hypothetical situation to show a point

OK. I used a real earthquake to show you BS.

You made the point of St helens eruption to show what exactly?

You brought up earthquakes, said it was BS when a little one warns of a bigger one. Maybe that's true in your hypothetical world, but not in reality.

 

[gslack]

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT UP EARTHQUAKES MORON.


You can't really be this stupid.

douchebag it was not a specific real earth quake... its called an example or hypothetical situation to show a point

OK. I used a real earthquake to show you BS.

You made the point of St helens eruption to show what exactly?

You brought up earthquakes, said it was BS when a little one warns of a bigger one. Maybe that's true in your hypothetical world, but not in reality.

Idiot.....

St helens was an eruption not an earthquake.......

You are the most ignorant little juvenile I have met on here... It is unbelievable you can manage to tie your owns shoes..

I ask you was there a "warning eruption" from Mount St. Helens weeks before the eruption? you refuse to answer that. And that shows just how your entire history on this board has been.... It has been one embarrassing and idiotic statement from you after another....

I ask you once more; was there a "warning eruption" from Mount St. Helens weeks before the eruption?

if there was not, then your entire premise is once again flat on its face. As usual with you....

 

[SpidermanTuba]

St helens was an eruption not an earthquake.......

Congratulations, you're a moron!

The eruption was preceded by a two-month series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes, caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the volcano that created a huge bulge and a fracture system on Mount St. Helens' north slope. An earthquake at 8:32:17 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, 1980, caused the entire weakened north face to slide away, suddenly exposing the partly molten, gas- and steam-rich rock in the volcano to lower pressure. The rock responded by exploding a hot mix of lava and pulverized older rock toward Spirit Lake so quickly that it overtook the avalanching north face.

1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[gslack]

St helens was an eruption not an earthquake.......

Congratulations, you're a moron!

The eruption was preceded by a two-month series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes, caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the volcano that created a huge bulge and a fracture system on Mount St. Helens' north slope. An earthquake at 8:32:17 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, 1980, caused the entire weakened north face to slide away, suddenly exposing the partly molten, gas- and steam-rich rock in the volcano to lower pressure. The rock responded by exploding a hot mix of lava and pulverized older rock toward Spirit Lake so quickly that it overtook the avalanching north face.

1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You ******* imbecile the earthquake was caused by the volcano pressure... jesus christ you idiot..... THe ******* article even stated as much.. Learn to read dipshit...

Why didn't you cite the statement fully?

The eruption was preceded by a two-month series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes, caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the volcano that created a huge bulge and a fracture system on Mount St. Helens' north slope. An earthquake at 8:32:17 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, 1980, caused the entire weakened north face to slide away, suddenly exposing the partly molten, gas- and steam-rich rock in the volcano to lower pressure. The rock responded by exploding a hot mix of lava and pulverized older rock toward Spirit Lake so quickly that it overtook the avalanching north face.

The quake was part of the eruption you idiot. An earthquake is a vibration of the earth which can be caused by plate tectonics as in california often has, or such things like a large volcano becoming active or erupting as well as other causes. now do you think pressure from the coming eruption would have caused the vibrations? yeah it did, hence it wasn't an earthquake in the classical sense as in plate tectonics....

Now the researchers today see the events prior to the eruption and say "that was a warning" but how many of them had any idea the level of destruction coming before then? none, not one of them had any idea the level of the eruption coming. So again we see my entire point. The fact is no one saw the events before the eruption as a warning for the kind of devastation that came. Just like on the rig.....

Now back to the real point....

What in the hell does that have to do with a gas pocket on an oil rig which was handled well and safely by the existing protocols and safety procedures? Nothing, not one dam thing you ignorant little twerp...

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

With a vast oil slick now within only 20 miles of the ecologically fragile Louisiana coastline, Coast Guard officials said they were considering a “controlled burn” of the petroleum on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.

Rear Adm. Mary E. Landry, the federal on-scene coordinator for the spill, said such a burn might be conducted as soon as Wednesday.

A joint government and industry task force has been unable to stop crude oil from streaming out of a broken pipe attached to a well 5,000 feet below sea level. The leaks were found Saturday, days after an oil rig to which the pipe was attached exploded and sank in the gulf about 50 miles southeast of Venice, La. An estimated 42,000 gallons a day are now spilling into the Gulf of Mexico.

Officials said Tuesday that wind projections indicated that the oil would not reach land in the next three days, and it was unclear exactly where along the Gulf Coast it might arrive first.

Concern Grows About Impact of Gulf Oil Spill - NYTimes.com

They should follow the russians lead on this one, those guys have had TONS of oil leaks like this and their solution is to detonate a nuke, in 98% of the cases it totally breaks up and disperses the oil so its damage is mitigated.

Did I just suggest blowing up a nuke underwater??!?!?!?!?!?

 

[k2skier]

wrong AGAIN moron, from the usgs...

Mount St. Helens -- From the 1980 Eruption to 2000, Fact Sheet 036-00


CATACLYSMIC ERUPTION
May 18, 1980
Within 15 to 20 seconds of a magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 8:32 a.m., the volcano's bulge and summit slid away in a huge landslide - the largest on Earth in recorded history. The landslide depressurized the volcano's magma system, triggering powerful explosions that ripped through the sliding debris. Rocks, ash, volcanic gas, and steam were blasted upward and outward to the north. This lateral blast of hot material accelerated to at least 300 miles per hour, then slowed as the rocks and ash fell to the ground and spread away from the volcano; several people escaping the blast on its western edge were able to keep ahead of the advancing cloud by driving 65 to 100 miles an hour! The blast cloud traveled as far as 17 miles northward from the volcano and the landslide traveled about 14 miles west down the North Fork Toutle River.

St helens was an eruption not an earthquake.......

Congratulations, you're a moron!

1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You ******* imbecile the earthquake was caused by the volcano pressure... jesus christ you idiot..... THe ******* article even stated as much.. Learn to read dipshit...

Why didn't you cite the statement fully?

The eruption was preceded by a two-month series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes, caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the volcano that created a huge bulge and a fracture system on Mount St. Helens' north slope. An earthquake at 8:32:17 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, 1980, caused the entire weakened north face to slide away, suddenly exposing the partly molten, gas- and steam-rich rock in the volcano to lower pressure. The rock responded by exploding a hot mix of lava and pulverized older rock toward Spirit Lake so quickly that it overtook the avalanching north face.

The quake was part of the eruption you idiot. An earthquake is a vibration of the earth which can be caused by plate tectonics as in california often has, or such things like a large volcano becoming active or erupting as well as other causes. now do you think pressure from the coming eruption would have caused the vibrations? yeah it did, hence it wasn't an earthquake in the classical sense as in plate tectonics....

Now the researchers today see the events prior to the eruption and say "that was a warning" but how many of them had any idea the level of destruction coming before then? none, not one of them had any idea the level of the eruption coming. So again we see my entire point. The fact is no one saw the events before the eruption as a warning for the kind of devastation that came. Just like on the rig.....

Now back to the real point....

What in the hell does that have to do with a gas pocket on an oil rig which was handled well and safely by the existing protocols and safety procedures? Nothing, not one dam thing you ignorant little twerp...

 

[HUGGY]

wrong AGAIN moron, from the usgs...

Mount St. Helens -- From the 1980 Eruption to 2000, Fact Sheet 036-00


CATACLYSMIC ERUPTION
May 18, 1980
Within 15 to 20 seconds of a magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 8:32 a.m., the volcano's bulge and summit slid away in a huge landslide - the largest on Earth in recorded history. The landslide depressurized the volcano's magma system, triggering powerful explosions that ripped through the sliding debris. Rocks, ash, volcanic gas, and steam were blasted upward and outward to the north. This lateral blast of hot material accelerated to at least 300 miles per hour, then slowed as the rocks and ash fell to the ground and spread away from the volcano; several people escaping the blast on its western edge were able to keep ahead of the advancing cloud by driving 65 to 100 miles an hour! The blast cloud traveled as far as 17 miles northward from the volcano and the landslide traveled about 14 miles west down the North Fork Toutle River.

Congratulations, you're a moron!

1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You ******* imbecile the earthquake was caused by the volcano pressure... jesus christ you idiot..... THe ******* article even stated as much.. Learn to read dipshit...

Why didn't you cite the statement fully?

The eruption was preceded by a two-month series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes, caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the volcano that created a huge bulge and a fracture system on Mount St. Helens' north slope. An earthquake at 8:32:17 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, 1980, caused the entire weakened north face to slide away, suddenly exposing the partly molten, gas- and steam-rich rock in the volcano to lower pressure. The rock responded by exploding a hot mix of lava and pulverized older rock toward Spirit Lake so quickly that it overtook the avalanching north face.

The quake was part of the eruption you idiot. An earthquake is a vibration of the earth which can be caused by plate tectonics as in california often has, or such things like a large volcano becoming active or erupting as well as other causes. now do you think pressure from the coming eruption would have caused the vibrations? yeah it did, hence it wasn't an earthquake in the classical sense as in plate tectonics....

Now the researchers today see the events prior to the eruption and say "that was a warning" but how many of them had any idea the level of destruction coming before then? none, not one of them had any idea the level of the eruption coming. So again we see my entire point. The fact is no one saw the events before the eruption as a warning for the kind of devastation that came. Just like on the rig.....

Now back to the real point....

What in the hell does that have to do with a gas pocket on an oil rig which was handled well and safely by the existing protocols and safety procedures? Nothing, not one dam thing you ignorant little twerp...

handled well and safely by the existing protocols and safety procedures
You are going to have a hard time topping this as the most ignorant reply ever on USMB....but somehow I believe you have the right stuff to exceed it...Good luck!

 

[SpidermanTuba]

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FKQUA81.htm

A judge in Houston has extended an order barring BP PLC, Transocean Ltd. and other parties in the Gulf oil spill from destroying documents, e-mails and other possible evidence in lawsuits.

 

[JimH52]

Oil spill hearings on CNN pipeline now, live from the thriving metropolis of Kenner, LA.

Basically, it was "NOT MY FAULT!"

What a bunch of Hypocrits. Tell the fishermen and wildlife that this spill is either taking away their means of living or killins that 'ITS NOT MY FAULT!", you sick people.

 

[gslack]

wrong AGAIN moron, from the usgs...

Mount St. Helens -- From the 1980 Eruption to 2000, Fact Sheet 036-00


CATACLYSMIC ERUPTION
May 18, 1980
Within 15 to 20 seconds of a magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 8:32 a.m., the volcano's bulge and summit slid away in a huge landslide - the largest on Earth in recorded history. The landslide depressurized the volcano's magma system, triggering powerful explosions that ripped through the sliding debris. Rocks, ash, volcanic gas, and steam were blasted upward and outward to the north. This lateral blast of hot material accelerated to at least 300 miles per hour, then slowed as the rocks and ash fell to the ground and spread away from the volcano; several people escaping the blast on its western edge were able to keep ahead of the advancing cloud by driving 65 to 100 miles an hour! The blast cloud traveled as far as 17 miles northward from the volcano and the landslide traveled about 14 miles west down the North Fork Toutle River.

Congratulations, you're a moron!

1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You ******* imbecile the earthquake was caused by the volcano pressure... jesus christ you idiot..... THe ******* article even stated as much.. Learn to read dipshit...

Why didn't you cite the statement fully?

The eruption was preceded by a two-month series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes, caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the volcano that created a huge bulge and a fracture system on Mount St. Helens' north slope. An earthquake at 8:32:17 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, 1980, caused the entire weakened north face to slide away, suddenly exposing the partly molten, gas- and steam-rich rock in the volcano to lower pressure. The rock responded by exploding a hot mix of lava and pulverized older rock toward Spirit Lake so quickly that it overtook the avalanching north face.

The quake was part of the eruption you idiot. An earthquake is a vibration of the earth which can be caused by plate tectonics as in california often has, or such things like a large volcano becoming active or erupting as well as other causes. now do you think pressure from the coming eruption would have caused the vibrations? yeah it did, hence it wasn't an earthquake in the classical sense as in plate tectonics....

Now the researchers today see the events prior to the eruption and say "that was a warning" but how many of them had any idea the level of destruction coming before then? none, not one of them had any idea the level of the eruption coming. So again we see my entire point. The fact is no one saw the events before the eruption as a warning for the kind of devastation that came. Just like on the rig.....

Now back to the real point....

What in the hell does that have to do with a gas pocket on an oil rig which was handled well and safely by the existing protocols and safety procedures? Nothing, not one dam thing you ignorant little twerp...

What in the hell are you talking about??? he said it was an earthquake not me jesus christ is this catching or what?

Your OWN ARTICLE ABOVE REPEATS WHAT I CLAIMED!

Unbelievable! the sheer number of non-reading and low comprehension levels in here is astounding.. DO any of you crybabies READ at all?

ONCE again he claimed st.helens was an earthquake.The article I quoted was from his link and was in fact his article..... Read the ******* posts you asshole!

 

[gslack]

wrong AGAIN moron, from the usgs...

Mount St. Helens -- From the 1980 Eruption to 2000, Fact Sheet 036-00


CATACLYSMIC ERUPTION
May 18, 1980
Within 15 to 20 seconds of a magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 8:32 a.m., the volcano's bulge and summit slid away in a huge landslide - the largest on Earth in recorded history. The landslide depressurized the volcano's magma system, triggering powerful explosions that ripped through the sliding debris. Rocks, ash, volcanic gas, and steam were blasted upward and outward to the north. This lateral blast of hot material accelerated to at least 300 miles per hour, then slowed as the rocks and ash fell to the ground and spread away from the volcano; several people escaping the blast on its western edge were able to keep ahead of the advancing cloud by driving 65 to 100 miles an hour! The blast cloud traveled as far as 17 miles northward from the volcano and the landslide traveled about 14 miles west down the North Fork Toutle River.

You ******* imbecile the earthquake was caused by the volcano pressure... jesus christ you idiot..... THe ******* article even stated as much.. Learn to read dipshit...

Why didn't you cite the statement fully?



The quake was part of the eruption you idiot. An earthquake is a vibration of the earth which can be caused by plate tectonics as in california often has, or such things like a large volcano becoming active or erupting as well as other causes. now do you think pressure from the coming eruption would have caused the vibrations? yeah it did, hence it wasn't an earthquake in the classical sense as in plate tectonics....

Now the researchers today see the events prior to the eruption and say "that was a warning" but how many of them had any idea the level of destruction coming before then? none, not one of them had any idea the level of the eruption coming. So again we see my entire point. The fact is no one saw the events before the eruption as a warning for the kind of devastation that came. Just like on the rig.....

Now back to the real point....

What in the hell does that have to do with a gas pocket on an oil rig which was handled well and safely by the existing protocols and safety procedures? Nothing, not one dam thing you ignorant little twerp...

handled well and safely by the existing protocols and safety procedures
You are going to have a hard time topping this as the most ignorant reply ever on USMB....but somehow I believe you have the right stuff to exceed it...Good luck!

We already know you don't read moron, try not to advertise it too much.... LOL, once again backed the wrong horse huh shithead..... A real pattern with you.....

 

[HUGGY]

wrong AGAIN moron, from the usgs...

Mount St. Helens -- From the 1980 Eruption to 2000, Fact Sheet 036-00


CATACLYSMIC ERUPTION
May 18, 1980
Within 15 to 20 seconds of a magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 8:32 a.m., the volcano's bulge and summit slid away in a huge landslide - the largest on Earth in recorded history. The landslide depressurized the volcano's magma system, triggering powerful explosions that ripped through the sliding debris. Rocks, ash, volcanic gas, and steam were blasted upward and outward to the north. This lateral blast of hot material accelerated to at least 300 miles per hour, then slowed as the rocks and ash fell to the ground and spread away from the volcano; several people escaping the blast on its western edge were able to keep ahead of the advancing cloud by driving 65 to 100 miles an hour! The blast cloud traveled as far as 17 miles northward from the volcano and the landslide traveled about 14 miles west down the North Fork Toutle River.

handled well and safely by the existing protocols and safety procedures
You are going to have a hard time topping this as the most ignorant reply ever on USMB....but somehow I believe you have the right stuff to exceed it...Good luck!

We already know you don't read moron, try not to advertise it too much.... LOL, once again backed the wrong horse huh shithead..... A real pattern with you.....

No..you cannot spend the night in the HOMO CAGE..get off my leg....

 

[gslack]

Oil spill hearings on CNN pipeline now, live from the thriving metropolis of Kenner, LA.

Basically, it was "NOT MY FAULT!"

What a bunch of Hypocrits. Tell the fishermen and wildlife that this spill is either taking away their means of living or killins that 'ITS NOT MY FAULT!", you sick people.

No in that you are dead wrong! I said it was all of our fault, including yours and mine..... You drive a car, ride a bus, buy almost anything, then you too are just as guilty.... We want fuel, we have to do these types of things to get it from time to time...

A few years ago I heard "why don't we use our own and get off foreign oil" and now its "why are we drilling offshore".... You crybabies can't have it both ways... it was an accident, they happen, now man up....